Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Management of outside hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) is critically dependent on initiating CPR and providing external defibrillation in a timely manner.- Edward Chu MD

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Out of hospital cardiac arrest: Past, present, and future

The interval from collapse to initial shock is a strong predictor of survival. Thus, the basic but formidable challenge is to deliver a relatively scarce resource – defibrillation – to the patient more quickly. The challenge is that OHCA is an unexpected event, making timely access to defibrillation difficult. Consequently, first responder AED, law enforcement AED, and public access defibrillation programs have incrementally improved survival by shortening the interval from collapse-to-defibrillation.

And yet there is a remarkable opportunity to achieve earlier defibrillation as the majority of shockable OHCA receives initial defibrillation more than 8 min after collapse.

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 Out of hospital cardiac arrest: Past, present, and future

The interval from collapse to initial shock is a strong predictor of survival. Thus, the basic but formidable challenge is to deliver a relatively scarce resource – defibrillation – to the patient more quickly. The challenge is that OHCA is an unexpected event, making timely access to defibrillation difficult. Consequently, first responder AED, law enforcement AED, and public access defibrillation programs have incrementally improved survival by shortening the interval from collapse-to-defibrillation.

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